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# vigorous

«vigorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **strong, energetic and active** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vigorous means strong, energetic and active. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#m1)

2) Vigorous exercise makes you breathe hard and your heart beat fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#m2)

3) Vigorous plants grow strongly and healthily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and health lessons: «vigorous exercise», like running or swimming, makes the heart stronger. In science: «stir vigorously». In debates and news: «a vigorous argument». In gardening: vigorous growth.

### examples

- Running is a vigorous exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x1)
- Children need vigorous play every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x2)
- Give the mixture a vigorous stir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x3)
- The old man was still vigorous at eighty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x4)
- They had a vigorous debate about school uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x5)
- The tomato plants are vigorous this summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x6)
- A vigorous shake mixed the paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x7)
- He was feeling very vigorous indeed, and pranced around loftily, holding his head high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/#x8)

### note

Spelling: vigour (UK) / vigor (US), but the adjective is «vigorous» in both (no «u» after «o»). Adverb: vigorously. Opposite: weak, feeble, gentle.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vigorous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.